Anki MCP

Implementation Reference

• src/tools/graphical.ts:359-376 (handler)

  The handler function for the 'gui_show_answer' MCP tool. It calls ankiClient.graphical.guiShowAnswer() to show the answer for the current card in Anki's reviewer and returns a success message.
  // Tool: Show the answer for the current card server.tool('gui_show_answer', {}, async () => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiShowAnswer(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully showed answer. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to show answer: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } });
• src/tools/graphical.ts:8-432 (registration)

  The registerGraphicalTools function registers the 'gui_show_answer' tool (among others) with the MCP server.
  export function registerGraphicalTools(server: McpServer) { // Tool: Open the Add Cards dialog server.tool( 'gui_add_cards', { deckName: z.string().describe('Name of the deck to add the note to'), modelName: z.string().describe('Name of the note model/type'), fields: z .record(z.string()) .describe('Object with field names as keys and field content as values'), tags: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe('Array of tags to add to the note'), }, async ({ deckName, modelName, fields, tags }) => { try { const note = { deckName, modelName, fields, tags: tags || [], }; const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiAddCards({ note }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Opened Add Cards dialog and added note with ID: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to open Add Cards dialog: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Answer the current card in the reviewer server.tool( 'gui_answer_card', { ease: z .number() .min(1) .max(4) .describe('Ease rating: 1 (Again), 2 (Hard), 3 (Good), 4 (Easy)'), }, async ({ ease }) => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiAnswerCard({ ease }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully answered current card with ease ${ease}. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to answer card: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Open the browser with a search query server.tool( 'gui_browse', { query: z.string().describe('Search query to browse cards'), reorderCards: z .object({ columnId: z.string().describe('Column to sort by'), order: z.enum(['ascending', 'descending']).describe('Sort order'), }) .optional() .describe('Optional reordering configuration'), }, async ({ query, reorderCards }) => { try { const params: any = { query }; if (reorderCards) { params.reorderCards = reorderCards; } const cardIds = await ankiClient.graphical.guiBrowse(params); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Opened browser with query "${query}". Found ${cardIds.length} cards: ${JSON.stringify(cardIds)}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to open browser: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Check database integrity server.tool('gui_check_database', {}, async () => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiCheckDatabase(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Database check completed successfully. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to check database: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } }); // Tool: Get information about the current card server.tool('gui_current_card', {}, async () => { try { const cardInfo = await ankiClient.graphical.guiCurrentCard(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: cardInfo ? `Current card: ${JSON.stringify(cardInfo, null, 2)}` : 'No card is currently being reviewed', }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to get current card: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } }); // Tool: Open the deck browser server.tool('gui_deck_browser', {}, async () => { try { await ankiClient.graphical.guiDeckBrowser(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: 'Successfully opened deck browser', }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to open deck browser: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } }); // Tool: Open deck overview server.tool( 'gui_deck_overview', { deckName: z.string().describe('Name of the deck to view overview for'), }, async ({ deckName }) => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiDeckOverview({ name: deckName }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully opened deck overview for "${deckName}". Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to open deck overview: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Start deck review server.tool( 'gui_deck_review', { deckName: z.string().describe('Name of the deck to start reviewing'), }, async ({ deckName }) => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiDeckReview({ name: deckName }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully started review for deck "${deckName}". Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to start deck review: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Edit a note server.tool( 'gui_edit_note', { noteId: z.number().describe('ID of the note to edit'), }, async ({ noteId }) => { try { await ankiClient.graphical.guiEditNote({ note: noteId }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully opened edit dialog for note ${noteId}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to edit note: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Exit Anki server.tool('gui_exit_anki', {}, async () => { try { await ankiClient.graphical.guiExitAnki(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: 'Successfully sent exit command to Anki', }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to exit Anki: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } }); // Tool: Import a file server.tool( 'gui_import_file', { filePath: z.string().describe('Path to the file to import'), }, async ({ filePath }) => { try { await ankiClient.graphical.guiImportFile({ path: filePath }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully imported file: ${filePath}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to import file: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Select a card in the browser server.tool( 'gui_select_card', { cardId: z.number().describe('ID of the card to select'), }, async ({ cardId }) => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiSelectCard({ card: cardId }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully selected card ${cardId}. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to select card: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Select a note in the browser server.tool( 'gui_select_note', { noteId: z.number().describe('ID of the note to select'), }, async ({ noteId }) => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiSelectNote({ note: noteId }); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully selected note ${noteId}. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to select note: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } } ); // Tool: Get selected notes in the browser server.tool('gui_selected_notes', {}, async () => { try { const noteIds = await ankiClient.graphical.guiSelectedNotes(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Selected notes: ${JSON.stringify(noteIds)}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to get selected notes: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } }); // Tool: Show the answer for the current card server.tool('gui_show_answer', {}, async () => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiShowAnswer(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully showed answer. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to show answer: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } }); // Tool: Show the question for the current card server.tool('gui_show_question', {}, async () => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiShowQuestion(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully showed question. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to show question: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } }); // Tool: Start the card timer server.tool('gui_start_card_timer', {}, async () => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiStartCardTimer(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully started card timer. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to start card timer: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}` ); } }); // Tool: Undo the last action server.tool('gui_undo', {}, async () => { try { const result = await ankiClient.graphical.guiUndo(); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: `Successfully performed undo. Result: ${result}`, }, ], }; } catch (error) { throw new Error(`Failed to undo: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`); } }); }
• src/tools/miscellaneous.ts:274-277 (schema)

  The 'guiShowAnswer' action is listed in the schema for the 'multi' tool, which allows batch execution of AnkiConnect actions including graphical ones.
  'guiShowAnswer', 'guiShowQuestion', 'guiStartCardTimer', 'guiUndo',